A Michigan-based logistics firm is building what it says is one of the world's most automated food warehousing and distribution facilities in Sunnyvale.

Lineage Logistics LLC is building the project as an expansion of its existing distribution facilities at 367 Long Creek Road. The project will add approximately 94,000 square feet to the existing 311,885-square-foot warehouse.

The food storage and shipping hub will use advanced automation and robotic handling systems in a temperature-controlled warehouse.

"At Lineage, we are committed to disrupting the temperature-controlled supply chain through the use of new technology, applied sciences, and innovative thinking," Greg Lehmkuhl, president and CEO of Lineage Logistics, said in a statement. "Our expansion in Sunnyvale is another tremendous example of that commitment, and we are thrilled to deploy a number of dynamic technologies to help preserve, protect and optimize the distribution of the food products our customers entrust to us."

The expansion, the company said, would make it "the largest automated solution provider in the temperature-controlled warehousing industry."

The project, which is under construction, will be Lineage's first fully automated center in North America with a nine-level, 100-foot ceiling operation.

About 30 new jobs will be created at the facility, which opens next year.

Lineage Logistics is a cold storage and warehouse business that dates to 1907. The company has operations across the U.S. and in Europe. The company operates more than a 100 facilities in the North America region.

In D-FW area, the company has two other facilities, both in Fort Worth — a 624,728-square-foot regional distribution facility and a 385,000-square-foot facility.

"I would like to thank our partners within the city of Sunnyvale for their significant support in bringing this project to life," Lehmkuhl said in the statement. "From Mayor Jim Phaup's office, to the Departments of Engineering, Economic Development and others, we have had a true partner throughout the development and approval process, and they were instrumental in bringing these innovations and jobs to the local economy."